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12 May 2023

We focus on Pakistan as former prime minister Imran Khan arrives in court. Plus: Monocle’s David Phelan brings us a tech round-up, we head to Liverpool for Eurovision with Fernando Augusto Pacheco, and Andrew Mueller wraps…

12 May 2023

Monocle’s Istanbul correspondent, Hannah Lucinda Smith, gives us the latest on Turkey’s elections, which will take place on Sunday. Also in the programme: the UK agrees to send long-range missiles to Ukraine and Spain’s…

11 May 2023

Monocle’s Chris Cermak reports from the Professionalizing Law Enforcement-Community Engagement Training Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, to explore how police can better interact with the communities they serve and gain…

11 May 2023

Volodymyr Zelensky says that Kyiv needs more time for its long-awaited counteroffensive as the UK confirms that it is sending cruise missiles to Ukraine. Also in the programme: a presidential candidate pulls out of Turkey’s…

11 May 2023

Is Italy about to exit China’s Belt and Road Initiative? We discuss whether Rome can withdraw while remaining friendly with Beijing. Also in the programme: Saudi Arabia’s plans for a soft-power push with an international…

11 May 2023

The arrest of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan ignites protests across the country. Plus: Russia hands over chairing the Arctic Council to Norway, and the latest aviation news.

10 May 2023

As an immigration policy signed by Donald Trump during his presidency expires, Latika Bourke and Sean Ryan discuss the US-Mexico border. Plus: Pakistan’s Imran Khan is under arrest, Saudi Arabia mulls launching an English…

10 May 2023

Following the death of AFP video journalist Arman Soldin in eastern Ukraine, we speak to one of his colleagues. Also in the programme: the Austrian Social Democratic Party’s leadership race and the first impressions of this…

10 May 2023

The Asean summit kicks off in Indonesia. Plus: the tit-for-tat diplomatic spat between China and Canada, train trouble in Switzerland and a special interview with Slovenia’s Eurovision entrant.

9 May 2023

Ukraine celebrates Europe Day, while Russia marks Victory Day: Marie Le Conte and Mark Hollingsworth discuss. Plus, the question of who should hold the Supreme Court accountable, food snobbery and the first Eurovision Song…

9 May 2023

Vladimir Putin accuses the West of wanting to destroy Russia in his Victory Day speech. Plus: how electoral reform can help to protect democracy worldwide, a round-up of the latest culture stories and an interview with…

9 May 2023

Russia marks its Victory Day in the shadow of Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Also in the programme: Chile’s far-right parties draft a new constitution and we talk about innovation in agriculture with the UAE’s climate minister…

8 May 2023

As China’s foreign minister begins a tour of Europe, Isabel Hilton and Simon Brooke discuss what Beijing wants from the trip. Plus: Chile’s far-right win a key vote on the country’s constitution, protesters detained in…

8 May 2023

As China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, heads to Europe to visit Norway, Germany and France, we ask what he wants to take back home. Also in the programme: a check-in with our Istanbul correspondent as Turkey starts its…

8 May 2023

We ask: how will Serbia’s gun laws change in response to two mass shootings in a week? Plus: a US nuclear-armed submarine is to visit South Korea, a flick through the day’s newspapers, and Sweden’s quest to build the wor…